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But reform should go further. Its aim should be to re-invest the legislature with the credibility it once had. Californians should make it bigger so that each lawmaker represents roughly as many constituents as his counterparts in other states do. And they should make the legislature unicameral, as Nebraska’s already is. America originally imported the idea of two chambers from Britain, where the bicameral system balanced two inherently different social classes (commons and lords). At the federal level, America applied that system to balance different sources of legitimacy (the people and the states). But California has nothing analogous to balance between the two chambers, so they just cause confusion.
The executive branch, in turn, must become more accountable. It might seem, but is not, paradoxical that this means electing fewer statewide and local officers and giving them more power. “I currently have 22 people I elect to represent me at all levels of government, and I can’t name them—and I’m president of the California Voter Foundation,” laments Kim Alexander, an expert on voter education. Ideally, Californians should elect just one statewide executive, the governor, and let him appoint the other seven. The people can then re-elect or fire the governor for his choices.
The recommendations above are essentially the same as those The Economist made in 2004 when it last examined California in a special report. It is encouraging that some of these steps (such as redistricting and open primaries) have already been taken, others are well under way and yet others are attracting increasing support among the policy elite.

A. 어휘
invest 주다, 敍任(서임)하다. credibility 위신, 신뢰성.
constituents 선거구민. unicameral 單院制(단원제)의. two chambers 兩院(양원).
bicameral system 兩院制(양원제). inherently 본래적으로.
commons 평민. lords 귀족. legitimacy 正統性(정통성), 합법성.
analogous 類似(유사)한. confusion 혼란. executive branch 행정부.
accountable 책임을 맡다, 권한을 가지다. paradoxical 逆說的(역설적)인.
Foundation 재단. represent 대표하다. lament 한탄하다.
statewide executive 州(주) 단위 행정관(주지사).
recommendations 추천. redistricting 선거구 재조정.